Brave Soles' Sustainable Materials Research Project with Level Up
Project scope
Categories
Communications Market research Project management Market expansion Grant writingSkills
sustainable materials research market researchOur goal is to complete a research project focused on outreach to tire companies regarding possible collaborations for shoe sole design projects.
- market research: understand the competitive landscape of other companies that are using upcycled rubber for their soles
- resource research: create a database of tire and rubber companies that Brave Soles can reach out to regarding a collaboration proposal
- Draft the collaboration proposal after research is conducted with Christal's help
Students will work closely with the primary project manager who is supervising and available for questions. This will also include 5 hours of focused mentoring on their area of choice.
We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern(s) using these communication tools: Company Slack channel, Zoom, in person if applicable
Primary contact: (Christal Earle, Founder&CEO)
Secondary contact: (Rachel Derkach, COO)
About the company
Brave Soles are handmade leather shoes with hand-cut recycled tire soles and accessories. Through our simple processes, we help to generate employment for 20 people in both Canada and Dominican Republic. We are also focused on keeping our processes simple, easily reproduced and able to provide many avenues of enterprise that helps to make a more equitable world. We are ecommerce based but sell through many channels.